Improvement in animal-traps



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Patented Feb. 8,1876.

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CYRUS W. SALADEE, OF WASHINGTON, DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF HIS RIGHT TO L. DOBBINS, OF ERIE, PENNSYLVANIA.

IMPROVEMENT IN ANIMAL'TRAPS.

Specificatiomforming part of Letters Patent No. 173,347, dated February 8, 1876; application filed December 18, 1875.

CASE A.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, CYRUS W. SALADEE,

of Washington city, in the District of Columbia, have invented certain Improvements in Animal-Traps, of which the following is a specification embodying my said invention:

Toenable others skilled in the art to make and use my invention I herewith submit the with said bed-plate, whereby each spring exerts a separate and distinct force upon the jaws, and thereby gives them a stronger gripe and more positive action than can be produced by a single spring-plate with a central opening or stamped-out center, and at a greatly less cost than such'springs.

The second part of my invention consists in the employment of a spring-head stamped from sheet metal and riveted to the outer ends of the two springs, by which means I am enabled to use straight strips of steel cut oil of the requisite lengths, riveting one end of each to the cross head of the bedplate, and the other to said spring-head, thus making a saving in the use of steel as compared with the other method, hereinafter described, ot' stamping the springs and the spring-head from a single piece of sheet-steel.

In the drawings, Figure l is a perspective view of a trap on the plan of my invention. Fig. 2 is a plan view of the springs and bedplate, with the ends of the springs riveted to the cross-head, and the other ends of the springs united and forming the spring-head, with the opening for the reception of the jaws of the trap. Fig. 3 is plan view of the same parts seen in Fig. 2, showing the springhead separately formed and attached to the springs by means of rivets.

A A are the two separate springs, with or without the spring-head N stamped out as part of the same. B B is the cross-head stamped out as part of the bed-plate H. C is the opening in the spring-head N for the reception of one end of the jaws of the trap. D is a cross-bar of the spring-head, formed around the one side of the opening C. E is the foot-plate or bait-pan of the trap.. F F are the jaws. H is the bed-plate. I represent the rivets securing the ends of the springs to the cross-head B B. J J represent the ends of the bed-plate H turned up and pierced With holes to receive the ends of the jaws F. K is the trigger. L is the center cross-bar secured to the bed-plate. The bed-plate H is provided with a cross-head, B B, either by riveting thereto or stamping out as part of the same, as is clearly seen in the drawings.

The bed-plate H, cross-head B B, and turned-v up ends J J may all be cast in one piece, of malleable iron; but I prefer to stamp them complete in one plece from sheet-steel, and

strike them into shape with appropriate dies.

The springs A A, as shown in Figs. 1 and 2, are

stamped from sheet-steel, and the spring-head N A, having the opening 0, and the crossbar 1) form a part of the same; but in the modification shown in Fig. 3 the springs A A are simply two straight pieces of spring-steel, about five-eighths of an inch wide, and having one end of each riveted to the cross-head B, and the other end to the separate springhead N, the latter being stamped from sheet metal, in form as clearly indicated in Fig. 3.

It will be observed that these two mainsprings A A of the trap are secured and operated on each side of the bed-plate H by riveting their ends to the cross-head B. By

this distribution of the steel into two springs, A A, a springpower is had within the limited space prescribed, which cannot be secured by a single spring riveted to the top of the bed-plate H, as has heretofore been the common practice in the manufacture of steeltraps.

I claim- I 1. The bed-plate H, provided with the crosshead B B, in combination with the independent springs A A, riveted separately thereto, in the manner shown and described.

2. The separate spring-head N, in combination with the springs A A and the jaws of the trap, substantially as and for the purpose set forth. I

CYRUS W. SALADEE.

Witnesses;

HERM. LAUTEN, ABBY G. SALADEE. 

